Officials celebrate recovery of iconic American lake as water levels surge by billions of gallons

California’s Lake Tahoe saw an influx of 16 billion gallons of water in under a month, SnowBrains reported.

According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey, the water, enough to fill 90,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, flowed into the lake between Feb. 15 and March 3.

The addition increased the depth of the lake from about 7.5 feet to 8 feet at the site of the lake’s measuring station…

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